The Napoli Rant w/Raff N Raff

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 22 - Napoli 1-1 Roma: Top 4 Good Enough? Tri-State Napoli Club Panel w/ Gianni Delli Coli of The Calcio Guys

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TOP 4 GOOD ENOUGH?

Is it bye bye Scudetto for Napoli?  Raff Biz hosts a panel with fellow Tri-State Napoli Club members Gaetano, Peter and Francesco. Also, Gianni Delli Coli, The Calcio Guys' resident Romano-Napoletano and West Virginia's biggest Napoli fan, Michele Scottodiluzzio joins the guys too! Raffa, on vacation, is still deciding whether or not Napoli are out of this scudetto race, but the panel weigh in with their thoughts on this Stadio Maradona 91st minute heartbreaking 1-1 vs Roma. 

 

The panel on Twitter:

Tri-State Napoli Club @tri_napoliclub

Gianni Delli Coli @Giannirulz27

Geatano Sollazzo @Sollazzo_1310

Francesco Valenti @PartenoPesce

Peter Scala @pscala11

Michele Scottodiluzzio @SonoMontese

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 6: No Matter What

In The Shadow of Vesuvio gives you the experience of SSC Napoli in English and direct from Naples!

 

In episode 6, Michele and Henry explore:

 

The Napoli Tombola!

Poor home form - a problem with pressure?

How being in the stadium helps explain the issues with the team.

Rampaging centre backs - no thanks.

Zanoli and his walking boots

Michu: the worst signing in Napoli history

Pre-game optimism

Ultra chanting

Mario Rui - a warm up Pele?

Sticking with team no matter what.

Feeling free to not stick with the team no matter what.

Players that take a bow no matter what.

Roma game

Ticket pricing

Clashing with Easter

And…of course... Neapolitan phrase of the week!!!

 

 

Henry's Twitter is @HenryBellCalcio

Michele's Twitter is @NapoliTickets

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 21 - Napoli 2-3 Fiorentina: Trouble at Home || Guest Vincenzo Bertillo

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Napoli lose a big match to Fiorentina late in the season AGAIN and Vincenzo Italiano AGAIN.  Thankfully, a Milan draw to Torino saves our Scudetto hopes for now, but Vincenzo Bertillo joins Raffa & the Biz to unpack what went wrong at The Maradona on Sunday, discuss who may or may not be at fault and our realistic chances at a possible Scudetto push!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 5: To Believe Or Not To Believe

This week, Henry (@HenryBellCalcio) and Michele (@NapoliTickets) welcome one of Far From Vesuvius' founding fathers, Ken Cioffredi (@K_Cioffredi). Michele and Ken are long time buds, so here we get to find out the story of how they know each other. 

 

Also on the docket in running order:

What’s the non football news in Naples?

That Scudetto Feeling: still there?

Henry’s Sardinian mother in law’s verdict!

Michele doesn’t believe!

Atalanta game!

Where did we watch it?

 

INTERVIEW WITH DAN BOWEN

 

Zanoli - what a first start

Carpi - the town that no one knows anything about

Pressures of being a Primavera product at Napoli & why so

Do the fans in the città like a homegrown player?

Gaetano e Zanoili to fill this gap next season?

 

Other thoughts about the game

Love for Juan Jesus

Fiorentina game

Could it be a sell out?

Can we see this fixture without 2018 PTSD

Michele still doesn’t believe!

Neapolitan phrase of the week

Does Michele actually believe?

Tales from Napoli night clubs!

 

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 20 - Atalanta 1-3 Napoli: Battle In Bergamo As Scudetto Hopes Stay Alive || Insigne Good? || END RACISM || Guest Carmine Guadagno Of Napoli Club Toronto

Raffa & The Biz welcome Figli Del Vesuvio and Napoli Club Toronto's Carmine Guadagno as a guest this episode. They come to you as Napoli grab a third straight victory by beating Atalanta 2-1 at the Gewiss in an extremely important victory, but not without more racism toward captain elect Kalidou Koulibaly from the Atalanta crowd. Things get HEAVY as we end the show with Biz giving an emotional Rant about that subject, but we do discuss the win, give our Beast Of The Match, chat about our scudetto chances getting better and better (Milan drop points) and Raffa goes on a Rant about Lorenzo Insigne and his performance over the last 12 months! All this, plus the chat goes off the rails about Carm's plant behind him...very interesting. We urge you to check his plant out on our YouTube page The Napoli Rant w/ Raff & Raff - YouTube

 

Raffa Rispo @RaffaNapoli83

Raff Bizzarro @raff_bizz

Carmine Guadagno @tdot_tifoso - @napoliclubTO - @FDVpodast

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 4: Benvenuto Ciro Romeo Mertens

This week Henry and Michele reflect on a weird week of International Football and look forward to the Atalanta game. More importantly, we take time to celebrate the birth of Ciro Mertens and so much more. Here's our running order:

 

News from Napoli

Auguri Ciro

Ciro’s house

Why Mertens is so loved

Meeting Mertens

How good is Hamsik at dancing in Napoli clubs?

How to talk to famous people

Napoli v Italian national team debate

What’s the point of international football?

Impact of international success on Napoli players

Team news v Atalanta

Why we don’t like Gasperini

Another sold out allocation for Napoli

Bergamo as a città

Neapolitan phrase of the week

Fiorentina game - a sell out?

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 19 - Napoli 2-1 Udinese: The ”Scudetto Pact” Is Still Intact

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Raffa, solo this week as Biz is on vacation, is joined by Tri-State Napoli Club President, "Il Principale" Gaetano Sollazzo (@Sollazzo_1310) and Vice-President Peter "Baby Squid" Scala (@pscala11).  We cover Napoli-Udinese at the weekend, as the quest for 25 of our last 27 points commences with 3 points.  We talk about Victor's 2 more goals, our Beast Of The Match, the injuries & suspensions and Ciro & Lore and what they mean moving forward.  Peter and Gaetano then take it amogst themselves to chat a little about transfers, as Raffa's connection was atrocious this episode and he gets lost in cyberspace. We also talk about the upcoming Italy International BIG match for a ticket to Qatar! Plus, our guests open up about the new club (@tri_napoliclub) and how and why it all got started.

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvius - Episode 3: This Spring Comes With ”A Scudetto Feeling”

In Episode 3, the spring weather (and a few other things) has Henry and Michele in a great mood.  Their topics of discussion this week?

 

What’s being talked about in Naples.

The best place to live in Naples.

Is Procida Naples? (No).

A spontaneous tribute to Massimo Troisi.

Pre game atmosphere.

Curva B experience of the first half.

Ciro Mertens, man of the people.

Spalletti tactical bravery.

Curva atmosphere for the goals.

Mario Rui - cult hero.

The ‘Scudetto Feeling’ in the stadium and city.

Listener questions.

Neapolitan Phrase of the Week.

Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 2: Henry & Michele Welcome Daniel Bowen

Dr. Bell (@HenryBellCalcio) and Michele (@NapoliTickets) return to give you the Naples angle on all things SSC Napoli. They’re joined by Daniel Bowen (@AzzurroBowen) this week who was in the Away End for the Verona game.

 

This week:-

 

- Watching the game in Naples but not in the stadium. A family affair?

- Osimhen, the name on everyone’s lips in the city.

- Interview with Daniel Bowen to give you the in stadium perspective of Verona v Napoli

- How it feels to hear those chants if you’re from Naples

- What can we do to stop this thing from happening 

- 433 - thanks for listening Luciano!

- The Udinese game, selection thoughts and the importance of atmosphere at the Maradona

- Neapolitan word of the week

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 18 - Verona-Napoli 1-2: FORZA 40°50’N 14°15’E SEMPRE w/ Vincenzo Bertillo & Francesco Valenti

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03/14/2022

BACK TO WINNING WAYS!

Lorenzo Insigne and Piotr ZIelinski sit as Luciano Spalletti changes it up! Prince Victor strikes twice. Classless Verona fans, Hellas themselves lose their cool and WE FINALLY HAVE ANOTHER BEAST OF THE MATCH! Our great friends Vincezo Bertillo (@VinBertillo) and Francesco Valenti (@PartenoPesce) are together at Vin's house in Toronto and they join us together. This is a fun one!

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Special - Tempo Di Recupero: Verona-Napoli Match Commentator Patrick Kendrick

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03/14/2022

Raffa & The Biz are joined by Patrick Kendrick (@patrickendrick), the play-by-play commentator for our win vs Verona at the Bentegodi this past Sunday. We chat about the infamous coordinates banner, Napoli's new formation, and the realistic Scudetto outcome. All this and more on our TDR quicky!

Here is the YouTube link of this broadcast: https://youtu.be/fZcCBC-xLbc

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 17 - Napoli-Milan 0-1 w/ Guests Richard Kharman of Serie A Sitdown & Adreano Di Nardo of The Calcio Guys

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03/07/2022

WHAT HAPPENED TO MENTALITY?

One week after the big win vs Lazio, Napoli drop this big one at the Maradona and MIlan are the new League Leaders! The Raffs were joined by Richard Kharman (@R_Kharman, @SerieASitdown) and Adreano Di Nardo (@adreano_calcio, @thecalcioguys) to discuss the aftermath of this Matchday 28 showdown in Naples!

 

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Season 21/22 - In The Shadow Of Vesuvio - Episode 1: Michele Borrelli AKA @NapoliTickets

In The Shadow Of Vesuvio is a new series on the Far From Vesuvius Network hostd by Dr. Henry Bell (@HenryBellCalcio - Twitter). Our goal is to give you the Naples angle behind SSC Napoli, as we sit with folks that are from or in our beautiful city!

 

In this first episode, we talk to Naples resident, Curva B regular and Napoli Twitter legend, Michele Borrelli (@NapoliTickets - Twitter) to give you low-down fresh from the Maradona.  explore:-

 

- The return of Curva B to games

- Pre match atmosphere in the city and stadium 

- Curva feelings during the Milan game

- What needs to change with the team 

- Ahead of Sunday, the history of the Verona rivalry

- The experience of being a Napoli fan in Verona 

- Neapolitan word of the week

- The best place to drown your sorrows in Naples after a defeat

Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 16 - LAZIO 1-2 NAPOLI: The Race ToThe Finish w/Joe Fischetti

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BENTORNATI A CAPOLISTA!!!

YESSSS!!! On this 27th matchday, Napoli are in 27th heaven, as they beat Lazio 2-1 at the Olimpico on a Fabian Ruiz WONDERSTRIKE in the 94TH MINUTE! An Insigne goal from open play (finally) got things started, as it looks he’s returned to the form of last season. Pedro’s 88th minute equalizer stunned the partenopei, as it looked to be another 1-1 in Serie A and failed chance to capture the league lead for the 3rd straight week, as yet again both Milan clubs dropped points. But then, the Spanish magic of Fabian outside the box, from a brilliant sequence by Ounas, Elmas and Insigne, sealed all 3 points and now NAPOLI LEAD THE LEAGUE IN MARCH! We now turn our focus to Sunday at the Stadio Maradona and Milan, as this real life scudetto 6 pointer looms ahead! Can you believe we’re really saying that? 

 

Anyway, in this episode, Raffa (with no voice) and the Biz (with no hair as always), are joined by none other that the 3rd Tenore himself, Joe Fischetti of Forza Napoli Calcio Podcast (also with zero follicles). We break down the win, what it means, what the next match means, and beyond to the final 10 matches after Milan, and even next season! I know we always say “Oh, you can’t miss this one”, but this is THE can’t miss! 

 

You can find Joe and his podcast on Twitter @Joe_Fischetti5 and @ForzaNapoliPod. You can also become a patron of Joe by visiting patreon.com and search for the ForzaNapoli Calcio Podcast for as low as $1 per month. You can choose your pledge amount. Go support our 3rd Tenore!

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Season 21/22 - Raff N Raff Rant - Episode 15 - Napoli-Inter: The Aftermath w/ Nima Tavallaey

Rispo & The Biz are back in to cover the fallout of the big Serie A match of the weekend as Napoli hosted Scudetto holders Inter at the Maradona this past Saturday in a real see-saw 1-1 result.  Milan winning vs Sampdoria at home the next day meant that they are the new league leaders with 55 points. Inter slip to 2nd with 54 but have one match in hand vs Bologna, and Napoli have 53.  We bring in Sempre Inter founder and 1/3 of the great Italian Football Podcast Nima Tavallaey to chat about the match, Inter's recent slip up and their Champions League Round of 16 showdown with Liverpool.  He also chats us up about Napoli and our form, our chances against Barcelona in the Europa League knock out playoff and what we need to do to stay in the scudetto race.  A great friend of the show and our great friends in the chat? what better show can we have?

You can find Nima on Twitter @NimaTavRood. Look for him at SempreInter.com and become a patron of the Italian Football Podcast for only $2.99 per month at patreon.com/TIFP. 

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